Big Country Bluegrass
A long-tenured string band from the Blue Ridge region of Virginia, Big Country Bluegrass play a heartfelt and energetic strain of country bluegrass music with gospel and Appalachian influences. Over their three decades together, the group have produced over a dozen tightly crafted albums including 2001's My Old Virginia Home, 2015's Country Livin', and 2019's Mountains, Mamas and Memories.
Big Country Bluegrass were formed in the mountain town of Independence in the late 1980s by mandolinist Tommy Sells and his wife, singer and guitarist Teresa Sells. Taking their name from an old Jimmy Martin song, "Big Country," they made their recording debut with 1994's 4th Time Around, introducing a traditional Virginia and North Carolina mountain sound with strong instrumental roots and rich vocal harmonies. Throughout the '90s and much of the 2000s, they recorded primarily for the Blacksburg-based Hay Holler label, celebrating their 20th anniversary with 2007's Twenty Years of Grass. Beginning with 2010's The Boys in Hats & Ties, they made their home on the Rebel Records label. Although their lineup slightly shifted from time to time, the bulk of the band's albums up to this point included double bassist Alan Mastin, fiddler Billy Hawks, singer/guitarist Jeff Michael, and banjo player Lynwood Lunsford joining the Sellses.
A significant membership change occurred prior to their 2015 album Country Livin', which saw the arrival of bassist Tony King, fiddler Tim Laughlin, and singer/guitarist Eddie Gill. By 2017's Let Them Know I'm from Virginia, Lunsford had also departed, making way for John Treadway on banjo. This lineup remained in place for 2019's Mountains, Mamas and Memories.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Big Country Bluegrass - HH-1336
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 1997
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My Old Virginia Home - HH-1361
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 2001
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Mountains, Mamas and Memories
Country - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Feb 22, 2019
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Open for Business
Country - Released by Mountain Roads Recordings on Jan 1, 2008
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Twenty Years Of Grass - HH-1379
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 2007
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Waiting At The Homeplace - HH-1368
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 2004
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Let Them Know I'm From Virginia
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Jan 1, 2016
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Country Livin'
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Jun 9, 2015
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Memories Of The Past
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Jun 18, 2013
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Up In The High Country - HH-1340
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on May 1, 1998
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The Boys In Hats & Ties
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Jan 11, 2011
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Gospel Time - HH-1365
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 2003
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The Real Deal - HH-1364
Country - Released by Hay Holler Records on Jan 1, 2002
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Country Boy, Banjo and Flat Top Guitar - Single
Country - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Jan 11, 2019
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4th Time Around
Country - Released by Heartland Recordings on Sep 1, 1994
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The Bluefield West Virginia Blues - Single
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on Apr 14, 2015
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I'm Putting on My Leaving Shoes
Folk - Released by Rebel Records Llc on May 7, 2013
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